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The structure and ultrastructure of the second leaves of 10-d-old barley plants (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Alfa) was investigated after long-term treatment with salicylic acid (SA) in concentrations of 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 mM. The treatment induced: 1) suppressed bulliform cells formation in the adaxial epidermis (1.0 mM SA); 2) reduction of apoplast in the mesophyll (0.5 and 1.0 mM SA); 3) formation of invaginations (0.1 and 0.5 mM SA) and proliferations (0.5 mM SA); and 4) thylakoid destruction and coagulation of the stroma (1.0 mM SA).
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Stoyanova, D., Uzunova, A. Effects of Salicylic Acid on the Structure of Second Leaves of Hordeum Vulgare L.. Biologia Plantarum 44, 219–224 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010295208248
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